Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Amazon

Nova Lite

Amazon

Nova Lite is a multimodal language model developed by Amazon. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.7% across 27 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (94.5%), ARC-C (92.4%), DocVQA (92.4%). It supports a 302K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Amazon's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.3% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (91.0%), AIME 2024 (80.4%), LiveBench (74.3%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

Amazon

Nova Lite

Amazon

2024-11-20

Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Alibaba

2025-04-29

5 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Amazon

Nova Lite

$0.10 cheaper
Input:$0.06
Output:$0.24
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Input:$0.10
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Amazon

Nova Lite

Larger context
Max Context:302.0K
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:30.5B

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Amazon

Nova Lite

Average Score:54.3%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+13.1%
Average Score:67.5%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Amazon

Nova Lite

code
+24.9%
87.5%
general
64.9%
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

code
62.6%
general
+10.0%
74.9%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Amazon

Nova Lite

1 providers

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

3 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 82.57 tok/s
Latency: 0.84ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 122.4 tok/s
Latency: 0.66ms

Novita

Throughput: 88.84 tok/s
Latency: 0.73ms
Amazon

Nova Lite

Avg Score:54.3%
Providers:1
Alibaba

Qwen3 30B A3B

+13.1%
Avg Score:67.5%
Providers:3